Hi Russ, it’s Nick I don’t have a computer at the moment, so I will be 
mercifully short thanks for the heads up concerning the Wilson article. I will 
try and find a way to read it. In the meantime if you have a ready I would love 
to know how they handle the problem of inheritance from one group properties to 
the group properties of the next generation for a multi level selection theory 
to work there has to be an analog for selection at every level of organization 
in the system in any case thanks for the posting. Hope you are well, Nick

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On Apr 2, 2022, at 1:00 PM, Russ Abbott <[email protected]> wrote:


Strongly recommend reading the discussion on the linked page. It has a good 
overview of the issues and positions in the article.

-- Russ Abbott                                       
Professor Emeritus, Computer Science
California State University, Los Angeles


On Sat, Apr 2, 2022 at 11:33 AM Russ Abbott <[email protected]> wrote:
> Rethinking the theoretical foundation of economics I: The multilevel paradigm
> 
> This article offers a new paradigm for economics: the “multilevel paradigm,” 
> which applies the Darwinian theory of evolution to the analysis of economic 
> processes. “Darwinian” refers to all variation/selection/replication 
> processes, not just genetic evolution, making it highly relevant to economic 
> theory and practice. The economy is viewed as a system that is embedded 
> within political, social and environmental systems. The evolution of economic 
> activities is understood in terms of variation (innovation), selection 
> (cooperative and competitive relations that survive) and replication 
> (transmission and proliferation of ideas). The multilevel paradigm comes with 
> its own definition and purpose of economics, as the discipline that explores 
> how resources, goods and services can be mobilized in the pursuit of 
> wellbeing in thriving societies, now and in the future. We describe the 
> prominent characteristics of the multilevel paradigm: flexible, multiple 
> levels of functional organization; the primacy of social relations, ignorance 
> as uncertainty; multi-faceted, context-dependent wellbeing; and multilevel 
> evolution as progress. 
> 
> https://drive.google.com/file/d/17mSkmB0nP1UNyrKE0LIN8-AfgD3DQGF4/view
> 
> -- Russ Abbott                                       
> Professor Emeritus, Computer Science
> California State University, Los Angeles

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